Insect Orders

Crossword

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Across:

1. This order includes butterflies and moths
4. Means "nerve-wing"
5. Includes damselflies and dragonflies
7. Includes wasps and bees
9. Name comes from the greek "Ephemera" meaning "short lived"
11. Fleas are in this order
14. Cockroaches are in this order
16. This order includes both sucking and chewing lice
17. Consists of the suborders Heteroptera and Homoptera
18. Walking sticks are in this family
19. Means "fringed-tail" in greek
20. Beetles and weevils are in this order

Down:

2. Greek for "two wings". Members of this order only have two wings.
3. Termites are in this order
6. This order contains crickets and grasshoppers
8. Thrips are in this order
10. Commonly refered to as "springtails"
12. This order contains preying mantids
13. Means "hair-wing"
15. Earwigs are in this order